Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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Stonycreek Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township takes its name from the stony creek, which flows through it and represents its western boundary. The stream takes its name from the rocky bed over which it flows for a great part of its course. Its Indian name was Sinne-Hanne or Achsin-Hanne. Hanne means a stream and especially a swift mountain stream.[citation needed] The population was 2,087 at the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, metropolitan statistical area.
Stonycreek Township | |
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Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Somerset |
Area | |
• Total | 61.40 sq mi (159.02 km2) |
• Land | 61.13 sq mi (158.33 km2) |
• Water | 0.27 sq mi (0.69 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,087 |
• Estimate (2022)[3] | 2,066 |
• Density | 34.14/sq mi (13.18/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 42-111-74440 |
Stonycreek Township garnered global attention during the September 11 attacks when United Airlines Flight 93, intended to strike the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., crashed into a field near downtown after civilian passengers on the flight from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport rebelled against the flight's al-Qaeda terrorist hijackers.